Tenure was started to remove politics from education. Politics do exists in all professions. A bad principal will make life hell for a teacher who doesn't back the reforms of the principals. And some reforms are quite silly.

Gays are always asking for tolerance, but they are not tolerant of others point of view which for many years have been the traditional view. Therefore, since I and others do not agree with gays on this subject, they have condemned people as bigots. How intolerant!

This is a first amendment issue but I have to say Freedom of Religion is also a first amendment issue but religious groups have lost grounds especially in NJ over same sex issue. Remember, the Methodist Church in Ocean Grove? It was sued and lost because the church denied a same sex couple to use of the churches pavillion for a wedding. So it is legal to give the cops a finger, but it is not legal to follow the dictates of your faith.

Some municipal employees are eligible for their jobs by being a resident, tax dollars train them, then they move out of the municipality. At that point they should be fired. They are many people willing to take their jobs with the high unemployment. This is a waste of money.

When the rent control laws was strengthened in JC in the mid 1980s, what happened to those apartment? Why they become condos. Be careful what you try to change. There is virtually no rent-control buildings in downtown JC. If you succeed, then the same thing might happen in Bayonne

Why is anyone allowed to buy a gas mask or body armour? People love the 2nd amendment but when it was written, our country was at war. There was no standing army. The soldiers were farmers who needed guns. Plus they used guns to hunt food. The second amendment should be changed just like our country allowed women to vote, and slaves to be free, it is time to pull this right. Washington did not know of assault guns.

There are several things that make hospitals go under. Foreign nationals come to the US, especially the northeast, to take care of heart or cancer problems. Hospitals cannot turn them away as non-profits and they must eat the loss. Medicaid does not re-imburse for care for elderly, and there is no cap for pain and suffering in lawsuits. This is the reason Bayonne Hospital stopping having children born in their hospital. It is difficult to find doctors who can pay the liability coverage. I have always believed our country got things wrong. Forget about public education, that money should be used for health care. We are spending millions on students who drop out of schools. Health care should be free and parents should pay for their children's education. Maybe then the students would stop dropping out of school if mommy or daddy had a tuition bill.

I do not understand why posters here are making fun of people who have love and respect for the Virgin Mary. You remind me of the officials in Fatima that made fun of believers but the believers came every day. I do not know if this tree has a likeness of Mary, but their love for Jesus' mother is in their hearts. This image has served a purpose.